a question of sport
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Introduction
1   Put the letters in order to make the names of sports. You can write the name of the sport by its picture above IN A L , T  F .
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E s H T T C 1
Read the statements about sport.Tick (/) the statements that are true for you.
play football. I go swimming. I do athletics, never do any sport. I watch lots of sport on television. I never watch sport. I sometimes watch sport. Compare answers round the class. Does anyone in the class not like sport? What does he/she like doing instead?
(5) Corpus spot       Do, play, go
We say: play + a sport with a ball,"' 60
do + a sport that shows one person's skills,
go + a sport that ends in -ing. Put the names of sports from Exercise i in the correct column. Add any other sports you like.
sentences by PET students with the
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Complete these correct verbs.
a She's really nice and she can................vum
b In my free time I................skiing in winter.
c We often................table tennis in our room.
d You can................horse riding if you want.
e First we run, then we................some gymnastics.
Work with a partner. Look below at the names of equipment used in sport. Match the equipment to the sports in Exercise i and write the name of the sport(s) next to the equipment. Some equipment matches more than one sport. Use your English-English dictionary if necessary, basket ba^e^ball bike boat net sail stick
"iJSQ Listen to four people talking about these sports. Which sport is each person talking about? Write l, 2,3 or 4 next to each photo.
1i3] Listen to some more information about these sports. Write the answers to these questions.
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a What do they always wear? They always wear shorts. b When do they usually play this?
Curling
c What do they use?
d What do people sometimes say?
Karting
e How fast can you go indoors? f Whatisakart?
Snowfering
g Where do they do this? h What do they use?
4 Listen again. The speakers say how they feel about these sports. Which words do they use?
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Can you suggest any more words like these?
A QUESTION OF SPORT
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UNIT 1
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Language focus
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Answer-these questions. Use It's a kind of and the words in the box. a What's a helmet? I tennis
It's a, kind, of hot. ^ b What's a racket? team game
c What's windsurfing? car d What's table tennis? windsurfing on the snow
e What's rugby? f " What's a kart? g What's snowfering?
bat
surfing on water
Present simple + frequency adverbs
sometimes
usually often
He
We She
don't doesn't
Do
Doesn't
you She
play football, plays football.
play football, play football?
To be + frequency adverbs
usually happy.
She We
He They
Is
Are
is are
isn't aren't
he you
always
never
happy, happy?
(5) Grammar Spot       Frequency adverbs Look at the table above. Circle the correct words to complete this sentence: Frequency adverbs go before/ after a main verb but before / after an auxiliary verb and to be.
1   Look at the table above. Rewrite each sentence below, adding one of the adverbs in the box in the correct place. Do other people agree with your answers? —
never  sometimes   often   usually always
a Basketball players are tall.
Basketball players are often tali. b Cyclists go very fast, c Footballers are very rich, d Surfers get wet. e Gymnasts wear helmets, f There are two people in a tennis match, g Good athletes smoke.
Work with a partner. Use the adverbs in the box in Exercise i. Ask and answer questions like these:
Do you often finish your homework? Yes, always'.
Does your dad sometimes play tennis? Yes, often.
Are you always tidy? No, never!
Use these words, or your own ideas:
make breakfast    play computer games bepolite    wear expensive clothes remember your friend's birthday
(jS) Corpus Spot     Word order
Correct the word order mistakes in these
sentences by PET students.
a She comes often to my house.
b I meet them sometimes in my free time.
c At weddings people usually are happy and
have fun together, d I don't go often to the countryside, e He usually doesn't make jokes, f We have a basketball team and we play
often against other teams.
3 Complete these sentences about yourself and your family and friends. Use the frequency adverbs in the box in Exercise i. Use not in some sentences.
a I 4W%'*(tW.ttt- cheese for
breakfast, b My brofyer usually plays football
after class, c ......................................................................,................
very tired in the morning, d.....................................................................................
a sleep in the afternoon, e ..............(......................................................................
in the spring.
f..............................................................;..................„.
quiet in English lessons.
g —......................................................................
sport on television.
4 Now write three true sentences using the frequency adverbs with your own ideas.
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1 Think about the words like and big. Do they have the same vowel sound as wheel and please?
2 Say these words aloud and put them into the correct column, steep   quite   hill   field like knee  kind   people   ice little stick  line  big   street ride rich   wheel   bike team
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quite.	sheep	hiu
3 1JS3 Listen to the recording and check your answers.
4 Write four ways we can spell the sound f'vJ in English:
Free time
1 Work with a partner. Choose a sport or hobby (it's better if it's unusual!). Write down some information about it. Write sentences like these: You play in a. team. / You can do this alone.
You flay in a, -field. / You usually do tills In a. swunming pod.
2 Now talk to another pair of students. Don't tell them the name of your sport or hobby. Try to guess their sport or hobby and let them try to guess yours. Ask questions like these:
Do you usually do this in summer? Do you use a kind of board? Do you always play with friends? Do you wear special shoes? How many people are there in the team?
Is it sometimes dangerous? You can answer:
Yes, (sometimes I usually I often I always) or No, (never) or We don't know.
(5) Vocabulary spot
Word trees are a useful way to learn and remember word families. Make a vocabulary tree of words for a sport or activity that you enjoy.
v Make a poster
Make a poster about a sportsman or sportswoman you admin picture on it if you can. Write this kind of information on it:
What sport does he/she play?
What does he/she usually wear?
What equipment does he/she use?
What does he/she often/sometimes/never do?
How do you feel about this sport?
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UNIT 1
A QUESTION OF SPORT
Exam folder i
Reading Part i
a notice.
1   Look at these texts. Before you read them, say which is:
• a text message      • a telephone message
• an email
• a Post-it note
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This sports camp is great but the changing room is small and dirty. Also, the cafe is always crowded, so my friends and I eat in the park.
The swimming pool opens at 6.30am except Sundays
when it opens at 7am
2  Now read the texts. Were you right?
Exam Advice
Look at the texts and decide what they are, e.g. a Post-it note, an email, etc. It will help you to answer the quest.ons.
Read text i again. Look at these three sentences about it. Which one says the same as the email?
A Maria meets her friends in the cafe.
B Maria eats outdoors.
C Maria likes the changing room.
B is correct. Underline the words in text 1 which tell you about where she eats. Why are A and C wrong? Underline the words in text i which tell you about Maria's friends and the changing room.
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Were, s the information about the sports Centre. I always ap On Tuesday evenings. Ring me if you can come with me next Tuesday.
Marco
4 Now choose the correct answers for the other texts.
2 A The swimming pool opens at 6.30 every day. B The swimming pool opens at 7 on Sundays. C The swimming pool opens early at weekends.
3 A Football practice is cancelled tonight.
B There isn't time for fitness training tonight. C The footballers can't meet tonight.
4 A Dad wants Jamie to phone him. B Kara wants to meet Jamie at 7.
C Kara wants to go swimming with Jamie.
5 A Marco goes to the sports centre every week. B Paolo and Marco often go to the sports
centre together. C Paolo sometimes goes to the sports centre on Tuesdays.
Speaking Part i
Make some questions to ask Pablo and Cristina. Use these words
What / your surname?     Where / come from? Where / live? What part of / live in?
How / old? How many languages / speak?
How / travel to school? What / like dcvjng in your free time? Read these texts and find the answers to your questions.
My name is Pablo. My surname's Suarez. I'm Spanish. I live in a village near a large city catled Seville. It's in the south of Spain. I usually drive to college. I'm If years old I speak Spanish and English. I like playing football andjoing to the cinema.
Jty riQMe i5 Cristina Lope^. xVi MzXiCQn X /(Ve in the centre of the CQpttolj AfeXico City. X usudl/ UjQ/J< to school. xVt 16 /ears old. X speak Spanish, English and a (itde XtQlion. Xn t^y frzz tjMZ, X \\Xz stopping^ reading and going out torch -friends.
3 Work with a partner. One of you is Pablo and the other is Cristina. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise i.
4 Think of the answers you can give about yourself to the questions in Exercise 1.
5 Now ask your partner the same questions. Your partner answers about himself or herself. Then your partner asks you. Answer about yourself.
Exam Advice
The examiner asks you questions about yourself. Learn how to talk about yourself, where you live and what you like doing.
6 Write a text about yourself, like the texts by Pablo and Cristina Use your answers to the questions to help you.
EXAM FOLDER 1